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Carbon footprint standards Case study from Kenyas tea sector Aaban - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Carbon footprint standards Case study from Kenyas tea sector Aaban - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Carbon footprint standards Case study from Kenyas tea sector Aaban Butt International Trade Centre Climate Change and Trade To strengthen the capacity of agricultural exporters to: - Deal with carbon standards - Mitigate GHG emissions - Find
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Climate Change and Trade
To strengthen the capacity of agricultural exporters to:
- Deal with carbon standards
- Mitigate GHG emissions
- Find synergies with
adaptation
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Tea Sector in Kenya
- Provide $1.3 billion to Kenya’s economy
- Employs 3 million people
- 60% of which are smallholders
- Kenya Tea Development Agency manage smallholders
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Climate change and Tea
- Climate Change affecting quality and
quantity of tea
- Buyers demanding tea exporters to
measure and report on emissions in the supply chain
- Non tariff barriers for many farmers
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ITC Technical Paper
Product carbon footprinting standards in the agri-food sector
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What is Carbon Footprint?
Carbon footprint is a calculation of the total greenhouse gas emissions in CO2e associated with a product, organization, process or event.
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Steps for carbon footprint
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Scoping
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Steps for carbon footprint
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CASE STUDY: Climate change mitigation in Kenya’s tea sector
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Created Public Private Partnership
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Develop climate change mitigation manuals
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Selected pilot factory in Chinga
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Mitigation training and action plan developed
- Training of
trainers
- Factory
management staff
- Extension officer
and lead farmers
- Community
leaders
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Climate change adaptation training
126,000 tea farmers are less vulnerable to the effects of climate change
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Mitigating tea factory lead to:
Lower carbon emissions Increased energy efficiency Lower costs of production Increased profit Increased farmer incomes
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